At 12:11 PM -0500 1/17/03, Mike Plusch wrote:
>
>A chapter in a book published by Wiley titled:
>"Water: Simplified Web Services and XML Programming"
>has a chapter that describes ConciseXML. The chapter
>is also posted on-line at:
>http://www.waterlang.org/water_book_2002/concise_xml.htm
>Half of the contents of the book is available here:
>http://www.waterlang.org/water_book_2002/index.htm
Until I got to this paragraph, I thought ConciseXML was a parody. Let
me just say that I think there's about zero chance of this ever being
adopted, either de factor or de jure. If the inmates ever take over
the W3C asylum long enough to consider this proposal seriously, I
suppose I might bother to explain exactly why this is such a horrible
idea, but right now I don't have the energy to waste on refuting such
silliness, especially when it seems obvious this will die of its own
failings.
Oh, one more thing: is Clear Methods publicly traded? It seems like a
wonderful short opportunity.
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